Lasting-pinchers



'(No Modl.)

G. W. MOB BILL. LASTINC- PINGHERS.

No. 480,433. Pat'ented Aug. 9, 18922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MORRILL, OF ALTON, NEIV HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELLSWORTH H, ROLLINS, OF SAME PLACE, AND SYLVESTER A. ED GERLY AND CHARLES F. PIPER, OF VVOLFBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LASTlNG-PINCHERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,433, dated August 9, 1892.

Application filed April 15, 1892.- Serial No. 429,250. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ing a convex corrugated surface and the jaw Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MORRILL, a O branching outward from the jawB and excitizen of the United States, residing at Altending in the opposite direction, this jaw ton, in the county of Belknap and State of having its outer or free end f narrowed and 5 New Hampshire, have invented certain new corrugated on the under side. The opposite and useful Improvements in Lasting-Pinchmember of handle A. of the pinchers is coners; and I do declare the following to be a structed in a similar way but this member full, clear, and exact description of the invenhas its outwardly-curved jaw E provided with tion,such as will enable others skilled in the a narrow end 9, corrugated on its convex sur- 10 art to which it appertains to make and use face, and the jaw E is constructed to act in the same, reference being had to the accomunison with jaw 0, these jaws serving for panying drawings, and to the letters of refernarrow pinchers. Branchingfrom the jawE 6o ence marked thereon, which form apart of this and curved in the opposite direction is a jaw specification. I G, which is corrugated onits inner side, and

I 5 My invention relates to an improvementin this jaw acts in unison with the jaw B, the lasting-pinchers such as are used for drawing jaws B and G being broad or wide, as shown the upper of aboot or shoe over a last. The in Fig. 3. The jaws C and G slide upon one pinchers of the class as usually made have a another and are provided with overlapping single pair of jaws, and in order that the boot shoulders O 0', respectively, which limit the 20 or shoe may be lasted nicely around the toe outward movement of the jaws. When one it is necessary that the jaws should be narpair of jaws is opened, the other pair is also row; but where the jaws are narrow the opopened and either may be used to grip the eration is quite likely to tear apiece of leather leather. out of the upper when lasting some portion The pinchers are providedwith two hammer- 25 of the shoe other than the toe. heads HI, one located adjacent to the narrow The object of my invention is to obviate jaws and the other opposite or adjacent to this difficulty by producing pinchers with a the widejaws. These hammer-heads are each double pair of jaws, one pair being narrow provided Withascrew-threaded shank c,which and adapted for toe -lasting and the other engage the screw-threaded holes cl in the 0 pair being broad, so as to enable the operator pinchers. Thus it will be seen that eitherone to get a good grip on the leather and adapted or both of the hammer-heads may be detached for lasting other portions of the boot or shoe. when it is so desired. 30

To this end my invention consists in last- The pinchers are used in the ordinary waying-pinchers having a plurality of jaws, the that is to say, the jaws B and Gwill be used 5 construction and arrangement of which will in lasting the main portion of the shoe; but be hereinafter described and claimed. It is in drawing the upper around the toe the jaws illustrated in the accompanying drawings,i O and E will be used, and when either pair is 8: which used, as there are double hammer-heads, there v Figure 1 is a side elevation of pinchers emwill be a hammer convenient with which tacks 4o bracing my invention; 'Fig. 2, a front view may be readily driven.

showing the narrow jaws, the handles of the Having thus fully described my invention, pinchers being broken off; and Fig. 3 asimilarwhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters 0 view showing the wide jaws. Patent, is

In the drawings, AA are the-usual handles, In a pair of pinchershaving a single pair of 5 which are pivoted together, as shown at a, in handles, the combination of the handle A, prothe usual way, and one of the handles projects vided with two integral outwardlv-curving beyond its pivot and terminates in jaws B oppositely-inclined jaws B O,tl1ejawObeing and O, the jaw B curving outward and havnarrow at its end f and having a shoulder O and the jaw B Wide, and a detachable hammer-head I, provided with a screw-threaded shank 0, adapted to engage the screw-threaded hole 01, with the handle A, provided with two integral oppositely-inclined jaws E G, thejaw E being narrow at its end 9 and the jaw G wide and provided with a shoulder O, and a detachable hammer-head H, provided with a shank c, engaging with screw-threaded hole cl, substantially as described. 10

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. MORRILL.

Witnesses:

SEWALL W. ABBOTT, M. M. GRAVES. 

